Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 62791
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025
Question
Callum Anderson
Labour — Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing the Direct Pay option on levels of compliance with child maintenance payments among non-resident parents.
Answer
Andrew WesternReforms will introduce a single service where all payments will be monitored enabling the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to identify missed, late, or partial payments in real time. This will enable swift enforcement action to restore compliance and incre...
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